Thank you for the advice Shanthi
Shanthi -
Section or Survey 1, Block 72, Public School Lands, Abstract No. 5571, 640.0 acres, was Patented to E. B. Daniel on February 9, 1943.
When a Patent is that late, the State of Texas frequently reserved the minerals, but I can't check with the General Land Office until in the morning. Will let you know what I find out.
Section or Survey 1, Block 72 makes up the Petrohawk Operating Company - Barbee 72-1 Well No. 1H, for which a Permit to Drill was issued June 3, 2012. No further activity has been posted.
The Surface Location (Pad) for the well is actually located on other lands - in the very southwestern corner of Section or Survey 21, Block C-17, which is immediately to the north of Section or Survey 1, Block 72.
The proposed lateral (horizontal borehole) runs due south almost to the southern boundary line of Section or Survey 1.
Hope this helps -
Charles
Charles,
Thank you so much for the information. I have warranty Deeds for all the parcels, Land and minerals with mention of mineral rights except for 1/6 sulphur interest and 1/16 other mineral interest to the state of Texas. I have been paying taxes for many years.
It is very kind of you to take the time to find out the details. will wait for your reply.
Shanthi
Charles Emery Tooke III said:
Shanthi -
Section or Survey 1, Block 72, Public School Lands, Abstract No. 5571, 640.0 acres, was Patented to E. B. Daniel on February 9, 1943.
When a Patent is that late, the State of Texas frequently reserved the minerals, but I can't check with the General Land Office until in the morning. Will let you know what I find out.
Section or Survey 1, Block 72 makes up the Petrohawk Operating Company - Barbee 72-1 Well No. 1H, for which a Permit to Drill was issued June 3, 2012. No further activity has been posted.
The Surface Location (Pad) for the well is actually located on other lands - in the very southwestern corner of Section or Survey 21, Block C-17, which is immediately to the north of Section or Survey 1, Block 72.
The proposed lateral (horizontal borehole) runs due south almost to the southern boundary line of Section or Survey 1.
Hope this helps -
Charles
Shanthi,
Petrohawk has permitted two wells right by you, one of which is in Abstract 5571. They might be the best option for you.
Shanthi Fernando said:
My mineral rights in Reeves county are as follows;
Section 4 Blk c-18------ 10 acres
Abstract 5571 section 1 block 72 track 3--- 10 acres
Abstract 5571 section 1 block 72 track 26 --10 acres
abstract 55171 section 1 block 72 track 2----10 acres
Shanthi Fernando
Charles Emery Tooke III said:Dr. Fernando -
If you will provide me with your legal description, I will be happy to look up the area and send you what I can find out about leasing in your area and drilling in your area.
Charles
Dr Wineetha Shanthi Fernando said:No I have not been approached for a contract . I have been patien ly waiting for the seismographic company to approach me for 5 long years. Thank you very much for your reply. May be I will have better luck. My mineral rights are in Pecos Toyah region. Total of 40 acres.
Charles Emery Tooke III said:Dr. Fernando -
If you do not have a proposed lease attached to your Seismic Permit that you negotiated at the time the Permit was signed, then it was a straight Seismic permit, not a Permit with an Option to Lease.
I am not an Attorney, only a Landman, but it is my understanding that all leases, contracts, permits, agreements or conveyances of any kind must have a TERM to be valid. It's one of the "4 Corners" of any document: 1. Two clearly identified parties, 2. An Effective Date and, if applicable, Term, 3. Adequate Consideration and 4. An adequate Description of the Subject Property.
Since it appears the Geophysical company does not have an option to lease your land (mineral interests), then I'd say you can do anything you want with them. And, since they apparently never showed up to perform the Seismic testing, I'd say that any Permit you gave in 2007 is now no longer in effect.
There has been a lot of leasing and drilling in Reeves County over the past year or more. Have you been approached by any companies yet?
Charles Tooke
Ron, I agree with you for the most part, but I have actively shopped unleased acreage for mineral owner clients in the past and had success. A lot of times, the companies I contact end up saying they have been looking for the client, but they put it on the back burner to come back to. It all depends on the circumstances I guess.
Ron Hicks said:
This is my experience: when an oil and gas company wants to lease your land, they contact you, they find you, they make a proposal (then begins the negotiating process, which can take months or not). While I do know that some people place ads on certain oil and gas websites, I have never known anyone who successfully contacted an oil and gas company and said "I have minerals to lease" and got them leased. That is just not the way it works in my experience and those that I know personally who own minerals. As long as everything is on file correctly at the county clerk's office, the landmen representing the oil and gas companies will contact you if they are interested in leasing your property. Good luck!!
Ben, that is good information to hear. Thanks for sharing.
Ben Elmore said:
Ron, I agree with you for the most part, but I have actively shopped unleased acreage for mineral owner clients in the past and had success. A lot of times, the companies I contact end up saying they have been looking for the client, but they put it on the back burner to come back to. It all depends on the circumstances I guess.
Ron Hicks said:This is my experience: when an oil and gas company wants to lease your land, they contact you, they find you, they make a proposal (then begins the negotiating process, which can take months or not). While I do know that some people place ads on certain oil and gas websites, I have never known anyone who successfully contacted an oil and gas company and said "I have minerals to lease" and got them leased. That is just not the way it works in my experience and those that I know personally who own minerals. As long as everything is on file correctly at the county clerk's office, the landmen representing the oil and gas companies will contact you if they are interested in leasing your property. Good luck!!
This is a reply to Ben Elmore
If you could lease my minerals to Petrohawk it will be great!
Please let me know. Are you a land man?
Thank you
Shanthi
Ben Elmore said:
Ron, I agree with you for the most part, but I have actively shopped unleased acreage for mineral owner clients in the past and had success. A lot of times, the companies I contact end up saying they have been looking for the client, but they put it on the back burner to come back to. It all depends on the circumstances I guess.
Ron Hicks said:This is my experience: when an oil and gas company wants to lease your land, they contact you, they find you, they make a proposal (then begins the negotiating process, which can take months or not). While I do know that some people place ads on certain oil and gas websites, I have never known anyone who successfully contacted an oil and gas company and said "I have minerals to lease" and got them leased. That is just not the way it works in my experience and those that I know personally who own minerals. As long as everything is on file correctly at the county clerk's office, the landmen representing the oil and gas companies will contact you if they are interested in leasing your property. Good luck!!
To Ben Elmore,
Thank you for the information. What is the process for leasing the minerals?
I am not well conversant with the process. If there is any one who would be able to get my minerals leased with Petrohawk It will be great!.
If interested could you please send me an email to wsfernan@hotmail.com to get more information on the process?
Thank you once again for the good news! Shanthi
Shanthi,
I sent you an email.
Hey, Shanthi -
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you but I needed information from the State's General Land Office regarding your land.
Do you own the surface to your lands? If so, can you send me a map of them or the legal descriptions so that I might locate them on the ground?
Charles
Charles,
Thank you for your reply.
I have been corresponding with a couple of people and waiting for a response.
Will wait to see what I hear from them.
Appreciate very much your interest.
Shanthi
Do you own the surface to your lands?
Yes I do Shanthi
Excellent!
The reason I asked is because in areas like West and South Texas, many of the lands Patented between 1895 and 1931 are subject to the Relinquishment Act and since then, the subsequent 1931 Sales Act.
I can't tell where you "Tracts" are, because those appear to be County Appraisal District Tract Numbers and I do not have access to that information. But it appears that at least some of your lands were patented under the 1931 Sales Act, under which the State reverved a non-participating "Free Royalty" of 1/8th of all sulphur produced and 1/16th of all oil, gas and other minerals.
The Patent for Section or Survey 1, Block 72, PSL, Abstract 5571, was issued February 9, 1943, therefore all of the lands located in that Section or Survey are subject to the 1931 Sales Act.
Section 4, Block C-18, PSL, was broken up into five separate parcels, two of which the State also reserved a "Free Royalty" in:
Abstract 5628, which included the N/2 NE/4 and the SW/4 NE/4 Section 4, Block C-18, PSL, was Patented February 18, 1943, and
Abstract 5565, which is made up of the SW/4 and the E/2 SE/4 of Section 4, Block C-18, PSL, was Patented October 11, 1946.
All of those lands are also subject to the 1931 Sales Act.
If I recall, your original question was why hadn't anyone contacted you yet about leasing your land. I had wanted to clarify the information above before offering any possible answer and now we have.
Unless your minerals were sold or reserved by others in prior title, I have no idea why you haven't been contacted. Petrohawk's Permit to Drill the Barbee 72-1 Well No 1H was approved June 30, 2012.
That, however, was only two months ago. It may be that they are still in the process of leasing the land.
Would you like me to contact Petrohawk and inquire as to the status of your lands? Or try and find you someone to lease your lands?
I will be happy to do either.
Hope this helps -
Charles Emery Tooke III
Certified Professional Landman
Fort Worth, Texas
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Charles
Thank you very much for taking the time to review the properties. Could I just have a little bit more time to correspond with my contact at Petrohawk?
Thank you for your understanding.
Shanthi
Of course you may! I'm just offering to help. Is your contact the Landman in charge of the area? If not, you might want to contact him or her.
Thank you!
Charles,
I had given the information of my properties to Mr Adam St Romain from Petrohawk. He called me . He said that he has passed the information to Petrohawk and is waiting to see if they are interested in leasing my properties. He will contact me in due course. Hope this will work out.
If Petrohawk does not want to lease the properties, then could I contact you again to see if you could get a lease with another company?
Appreciate your help very much
Shanthi
With Petrohawk's having permitted a well with all of Section 1, Block 72 as it's proposed unit, I would imagine that are going to want your lease.
If they do not, I'd be happy to try and find you someone who would.
Charles Emery Tooke III said:
With Petrohawk's having permitted a well with all of Section 1, Block 72 as it's proposed unit, I would imagine that are going to want your lease.
If they do not, I'd be happy to try and find you someone who would.